Banks collect and share your financial data in ways most people don't realize. Here's exactly where it goes and who sees it.

The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...

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At some point in the past year, one or more hackers quietly breached a background-checking company called National Public Data (NPD) and exposed millions of U.S. Social Security numbers (SSNs), names, ...

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If you’ve ever Googled yourself and found an address, phone number or family link you didn’t remember posting—welcome to the data broker ecosystem. It’s bigger than most people realize, and it doesn’t ...